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called Soma, that keeps people happy. But of course, spoiler alert, it doesn’t. Amory: It’s hard to miss the warning of a sci-fi story like Brave New World. But right around the same time of ...

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The ideal getaway is Soma in Brave New World, a medication that maintains society peaceful, comfortable, and blissfully ignorant of their bonds. Nobody sees the need to challenge the system, hence ...